Eric Stonestreet Gets Engaged To Lindsay Schweitzer

Eric Stonestreet is set to marry Lindsay Schweitzer, the actor recently revealed.

Stonestreet, 49, took to Instagram to make the announcement on August 22. He posted a series of pictures of himself and Schweitzer. “She said, ‘She’d have her people call my people,'” Stonestreet captioned the image. The post also featured Schweitzers’ new engagement ring. Stonestreet displayed a wide range of emotions in each slide, looking anxious, proud and excited in each of the photos. 

A wide selection of celebrities took to social media to congratulate Stonestreet and Schweitzer, expressing their excitement for the engagement.

“Congrats you beautiful couple you,” Michael Bublé on the couple’s post.

“Congratsduuuuuuuuuuude,” Zachari Levi said on the Instagram post.

“Jesus Christ. Finally,” Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who acts as husband to Stonestreet’s Cameron Tucker on Modern Family.

“I honestly don’t know who is luckier (lie: I do),” remarked Julie Bowen, another fellow Modern Family Actor.

Other celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson offered their congratulations as well. 

Stonestreet and Schweitzer began dating in 2017. The couple was introduced in Kansas City in 2016 while attending The Big Slick Charity Weekend.

“She calms me—she calms my nerves. I’m a very high-strung person,” Stonestreet said about his bride-to-be during a conversation with Ellen DeGeneres in 2017.

Schweitzer works as a pediatric nurse.

He is most famous for his role as Cameron Tucker on ABC’s Modern Family. He gained traction as an actor after appearing on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. On CSI, he played Ronnie Litre on 12 separate episodes that aired between 2001 and 2005. He played Cameron Tucker from 2009 to 2020 while working on Modern Family. Stonestreet also took the role of Duke in The Secret Life of Pets and The Secret Life of Pets 2. Stonestreet has won two Emmys for his acting on Modern Family.